I am new to user controls.

I created a user control (of severals controls) in my project so that I can use the same pattern of controls on multiple forms.

After building, it was automatically added into my toolbox. I dragged it onto my form.

When trying to assign text to one of the labels the control contains I did not get intellisense. Here is my code

HIP2007.ctlCustProjContr1.lblProject.Text = "Test";

When I attempt to build the application I receive the following error: “The type or namespace name ‘ctlCustProjContr1�does not exist in the namespace ‘HIP2007�(are you missing an assembly reference?)�/font>

What does this mean?

The user control, as well as the form on which it is placed, *are* in the same project and in the same namespace ‘HIP2007�

What kind of assembly reference is it asking for? What am I missing?

The way you are using HIP2007 is incorrect, your usage implies you are trying to access a type inside the namespace when in practice you are actually trying to assign to a instance. So just remove the HIP2007 from the front of the code and it should compile just fine.

Phil Wright
Free user interface controls for Windows.Forms
http://www.componentfactory.com

Ausing HIP2007 is

Adding the HIP2007 was one of my attempts to resolve a previous problem.

The conttrol is not recognized. When entered it as

lblProject.Text = "Test";

Intellisense did not work and I got this error when trying to compile:

Error 1 The name 'lblProject' does not exist in the current context C:\Users\dbuchanan.CBACONSULTINGSE\Documents\HIP2007\HIP2007\Forms - 01 Layout\ManageTasks.cs 22 13 HIP2007

Next I tried

ctlCustProjContr1.lblProject.Text = "Test";

Intellisense still did not work and I got this error:

Error 1 'HIP2007.ctlCustProjContr.lblProject' is inaccessible due to its protection level C:\Users\dbuchanan.CBACONSULTINGSE\Documents\HIP2007\HIP2007\Forms - 01 Layout\ManageTasks.cs 21 31 HIP2007

The control is there, and the modifier is set to "Protected"

What is the problem and solution to this?

That was the answer. Thank you so much for your help with this!

Sometimes it is frustrating what lengths one has to go in an attempt todiscover how to implement what one would think should be a clearly documented feature. Perhaps I overlooked something, but it was not because I didn't look. Is there a secret to discovering such things?

Thank you. That explaination was very helpful because I got me thinkin what the difference was between using a base class form as conpared to using a user control.